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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleFactor Affecting Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Rubber Farming in Northeast ThailandS. Poungchompu, S. ChantanopWith the increase of rubber production, Para rubber farmers in Northeastern Thailand have faced the limited physical and socio-economic conditions that have given rise to the improvement of technical efficiency. This study investigated the technical efficiency of Para rubber farmers. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to collect cross sectional data on 300 farmers. The data was analyzed using … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 24 Jun 2015 · 8,655 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Review on OFDM and PAPR Reduction TechniquesArun Kumar, Manisha GuptaOFDM is a multi carrier transmission technique where a single set of data is transmitted over a number of sub-carrier. OFDM takes the advantage of multi-path propagation and reduces the fading effect. The idea of OFDM is to split the total transmission bandwidth into a number of orthogonal subcarriers which reduces the inter-symbol-interference, power consumption and increases the capacity and … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 4 Jun 2015 · 8,401 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleFactors Affecting the Implementation of the National Programme for Information Technology in the National Health Services: The Case of Lorenzo in the North, Midlands and East of England RegionWasfi Alrawabdeh, Adel Salloum, Fayiz ShrafatThis study is concerned with the aspect of revealing the factors that affect the adoption of IT programs in the health sector in the NHS in UK. It focuses on the identification of the factors that influence significantly the adoption of LORENZO, the Electronic Health Record system that is being implemented in the Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) in the North, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 1 Mar 2015 · 7,943 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titlePSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION INCLUDING EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUES FOR AN ADULT WITH MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT RELATED POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: A CASE STUDYTerri SheldonPosttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a significant public health concern and can have long-term emotional, social and financial consequences for individuals and society. Lifetime prevalence in the general population is estimated at 8% and rates of exposure to Post-Traumatic Events (PTE) indicate approximately 50 to 65% have been exposed to at least one PTE in their lives. This indicates that … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 18 Jul 2014 · 11,335 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA FEASIBILITY STUDY: EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUES FOR DEPRESSION IN AUSTRALIAN ADULTSPeta Stapleton, Sharon Devine, Hannah Chatwin et al.The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using Clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to treat Major Depressive Disorder in an adult population by way of a therapeutic group setting. Adults were assigned to EFT group treatment for a period of eight weeks. Diagnostic assessment was completed immediately pre and post treatment using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 12 Jul 2014 · 12,764 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA STOCHASTIC FRONTIER APPROACH FOR MEASURING TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF SMALL-SCALE IMPROVED SALT PRODUCTION IN GUINEABoubacar Siddighi Balde, Hajime Kobayashi, Makoto Nohmi et al.Salt production is a major driving force behind the loss of mangrove in Guinea. As the traditional salt production causes increasing deforestation, the intensive exploitation of mangrove resources has now reached a critical threshold. Therefore, improved techniques using sunlight as the source of energy has been introduced as an alternative to the traditional salt production techniques which consumes a significant … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 8 · 14 May 2014 · 7,647 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAESTHETICS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: THE COMBINATION OF TECHNOLOGY INSTRUMENTS IN CHILDREN’S MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS AND PRETEND PLAYChia-Hui Ko, Mei-Ju ChouWith the importance of aesthetics in current preschool curriculum, children’s aesthetics development and deloading learning plays a special attention to the relationship between technology instruments and the three critical early childhood education activities, namely music teaching and learning, visual arts and children’s pretend play in early childhood education. A rigorous literature review in Dewey, Steiner and Vygotsky explore the argument … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 1 · 26 Apr 2014 · 10,309 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA COMPARISON OF STEPWISE AND FUZZY MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING SOFTWARE PROJECT RISKS: ANALYSIS PHASEAbdelrafe Elzamly, Burairah HussinRisk is not always avoidable, but it is controllable. The aim of this study is to identify whether those techniques are effective in reducing software failure. This motivates the authors to continue the effort to enrich the managing software project risks with consider mining and quantitative approach with large data set. In this study, two new techniques are introduced namely … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 9 · 22 Apr 2014 · 7,294 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleMODELING OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS DESIGN-TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE FORMING IN PHYSICAL-MATHEMATICAL DISCIPLINES STUDYING PROCESSIlsiyar Mingatinovna Zaripova, Albina Rafisovna Shaidullina, Alla Evgenyevna Upshinskaya et al.The essence and contents of students’ project technical competence as a synthesis of design and technical competencies, including special knowledge, abilities, skills and personal qualities which are necessary for their future professional duties effective implementation, particular, for engineering projects successful implementation, requiring technical calculations performing and abilities, allowing to operate in professional activity effectively, to be guided in work situations … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 7 · 19 Apr 2014 · 6,939 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleTHE EFFECT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE ON THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF TEFF (ERAGROSTISTEF) PRODUCERS IN ETHIOPIAAsres Elias, Makoto Nohmi, Kumi Yasunobu et al.Teff (Eragrostistef) is a major staple food crop in Ethiopia, but smallholder teff production is characterized by persistently low average yield. A major government effort aimed at raising the productivity and competitiveness of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia involved reforming and implementing agricultural extension service known as Participatory Demonstration and Training Extension System (PADETES). Therefore, this study investigates the effect of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 21 Dec 2013 · 9,529 accessesView PDFCite